South East Citizen wrote:
I reckon we should enquire about Arteta...
Can I just call bullshit on the price? Whose arse was that figure pulled from? It just doesn't make sense.
- We make a £15m bid.
- Everton reject it.
- We make an £18m bid.
- Everton reject it.
- Lescott puts in a transfer request.
- Lescott has a 'mare against Arsenal.
- Moyes criticises his attitude and admits he'll have to sell him.
I don't see where us upping our bid by a full £6m fits into that little scheme. Maybe up to £20m, but £24m from £18m? Only if a significant amount was linked to success. And it's not the first time the price reported for an undisclosed bid was misreported. Hughes said not too long back that the £14m figure claimed for Bellamy was way off the mark, for example.
Anyway, whatever the price, he's expensive. But firstly, it's us, and secondly, he's English. Of course he's going to be massively overpriced. But in terms of English defenders, who else is there? Terry and Ferdinand are obviously the two best, but neither would come. But look beyond that, and Lescott is probably the most likely to become the next world class English defender. He's the clear 3rd choice for England now, and I think there is some merit in buying English talent if you can get it. He's just turned 27 and is already one of the best defenders in the league, despite not actually playing in it until the age of 24. Hopefully we can get him playing in the CL sooner rather than later, and I suspect he'll have the class to step up to that level too.
Anyway, to more important matters. Does anyone else think that Lescott has the right-shaped head to suit being bald? Why wouldn't you just go for the full clean-shaven look?